If you travel long distances on the Interstate, you'll want a full size spare

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  1. Georgina Rudkus

    Georgina Rudkus Senior Member

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    Here's why when aI buy a new car, I always buy a full size spare.


     
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    bwilson4web BMW i3 and Model 3

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    I use “sticky string” with 12 V inflator that keeps my tires properly inflated. I also carry a can of goop and pay a small fee to my insurance carrier for tow service.

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    I currently have a donut behind my passenger seat.
    Since I just got snows w/rims, maybe I'll see how a full size fits behind the seat.
    Maybe when it gets a little warmer, lol. 8 here.
    edit: Run flats suck
    edit 2: The donut is same diameter
     
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    ETC(SS) The OTHER One Percenter.....

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    Doughnut spares don't kill - people kill....when they don't bother to RTFM (*.)

    Or?
    As might be stated by a sometimes cranky old Marine friend:
    Driving is an IQ test that not everybody passes......


    (*)Read the.....'factory' manual.
     
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    I know a lot of people that "can" read; but they can't/don't articulate the words on paper to real world knowledge.....
    Kinda like those Peanuts cartoons, when a parent talks to Charlie Brown and it's incomprehensible......:(:rolleyes:o_O:whistle:
     
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